- Software and tools typically used by GIS practitioners;
- Data, contexts, and project lifecycles that are typically used and explored by GIS practitioners;
- The roles, professional skills sets, and typical organizational models used within a GIS group; and
- Simple methods by which additional value can be derived from GIS at many organizations.
- Learn about open source and proprietary GIS technologies and their relative merits;
- Learn about how GIS interfaces with other similar tools in an engineering context;
- Learn about the various tools that can be employed by GIS practitioners in an engineering and geoscience context;
- Learn about the appropriate scales and limitations of GIS technologies;
- Learn about typical data sources and common GIS data formats;
- Learn about GIS professionals and their education and career progressions;
- Learn about some GIS organizational models that can be employed for the successful management of GIS practitioners; and
- Learn about how to integrate, grow or unlock the value of GIS at your organization.
Any professional engineer and/or geoscientist who is interested in learning more about GIS from a high level perspective. While this is an introductory session, GIS-adjacent professionals and GIS practitioners will still be exposed to ideas and concepts that can reinforce their practices.
Participants will have an introductory understanding of GIS in the engineering and geoscience context with many avenues for future exploration, as required.
Principal, Licker Geospatial Consulting Co. (LGeo)
Aaron Licker is currently principal of Licker Geospatial Consulting Co. (LGeo), a small 8 person GIS consultancy in Vancouver BC. Prior to starting his own company in 2017, Aaron was the GIS Lead Golder Associates in BC. Aaron has been consulting as a GIS professional for nearly 15 years. In that time, he has cultivated strong relationships with dozens of clients and colleagues who hold his work in high esteem. Aaron has a reputation for innovative work, a strong work ethic, and a desire to solve his clients’ pressing needs and issues.
